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Santana showed no emotion when the verdict was read, but the victim's mother did.

Shelby Fazio's mother, Cindy Fazio, gave a victim's impact statement before sentencing. She said Shelby didn't feel threatened by Santana, because if she did, she would have told her.

"I look at a picture of her and think of her with nothing but love and pride," she said. "Now those thoughts turn to heartache wondering how much she suffered, what horrible things she may have seen, what her final words or thoughts may have been."

Prosecutors said Santana choked and stabbed Fazio, then raped her dead body.

It took the jury less than an hour and a half to reach a verdict.

On Thursday, the jury also watched the taped confession of Santana speaking to investigators about how killing his roommate brought him pleasure.

“I knew it was wrong, but I enjoyed it so much while it was happening that I didn’t care,” said Santana in the taped interview.

During the recording, the conversation moved to how Santana enjoyed killing animals, which was a topic the defense and the prosecution had previously agreed not to include in the trial.